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4-1. CEPHALANTHUS. 



.'lis, (button bush, O. w. Ju. T?) leaves opposite and in threes, 

 oval, acuminate. Inflorescence a round head. Swamps. Var. pub- 

 iscens, has the leaves and branchlets pubescent. 4 5. f. 



J4 2. CHEIRANTHUS. (From the Greek ckeir, a hand, and an- 

 Ihos, a flower.) 



Exotic. 



Chei rt, (wall flower. J. 7|) leaves lanceolate, acute, glabrous ; branches 

 angled ; stem somewhat of a woody texture. 



An"nuus, (stock-july-flower. Ju. <2>) leaves lanceolate, sub-dentate ob- 

 tuse, hoary ; silique cylindric, with an acute apex. 



10 1. CHIMAPHILA. (From cheima, winter, and philos, a lover.) 

 Umbella'ta, (prince's pine, bitter winter-green. O. r. w. Ju. 1\) leaves 



serrate, uniformly green, wedge-lanceolate, with an acute base; 



scape corymbed; filaments glabrous. 



21. CHIONANTHUS. (From chion, snow, and anthos, a flower.) 



Virgin"ica } (fringe tree, w. M. f?) panicle terminal, trifid ; peduncles 

 3-flowered ; leaves acute. Var. montanus, leaves oval lanceolate, 

 coriaceous; glabrous ; panicle dense ; drupe oval. Var. maritimus, 

 leaves ovate-lanceolate, membranaceous, pubescent; panicle very 

 lax ; drupe eleiptic. Berries purplish-blue. 



172. CHRYSANTHEMUM. (From chrusos, gold, and antAos, a 



flower.) 



Leucan"themum, (ox-eyed daisy. O. J. 7J.) leaves clasping, lanceolate ; 

 serrate, cut-toothed at the base ; stem erect, branching. 1220. i. 



Exotic. 



Parthe'nium, (feverfew) leaves petioled, compound, flat ; leafets ovate, 

 gashed-; peduncles branching, corymbed ; stem erect. 



2 1. CIRCAEA. (From Circe, name of an enchantress.) 



Lutetia'na } (enchanter's night-shade, O. Aug. r w. 7J.) stem erect ; 

 leaves ovate, remotely toothed, opaque, nearly smooth. 1 2. f. 



1213. CLEMATIS. (From Klema, a tendril.) 

 Virgin"ica, (virgin's bower. O. w. Ju. 17) climbing; leaves ternate ; 

 leafets ovate, sub-cordate, gash-toothed and lobate, flowers panicled, 

 dioecious. 15 20. f. 



193. COMPTONIA. (Named from Bishop Compton.^ 



Asplenifo'lia, (sweet-fern. O. g. Ap. h) feaves long-linear, alternately 

 crenate-pinnatifid. 18 48. i. 



51. CONVOLVULUS. (From convolve, to entwine.) 



Ripens, (field bind-weed. O. w. & r. J. Tj.) twining; leaves sagittate 

 with the apex acute and the lobes truncate/entire (some obtuse :) 

 bracts ^.cute, longer than the calyx, and shorter than the middle o? 

 the corolla ; peduncle angled, exceeding the petiole 



